How to format LocalDate in Java using DateTimeFormatter

package org.code2care.java.examples;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class LocalDateFormattingExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String dateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy";
        LocalDate localDateNow = LocalDate.now(); //get the date
        System.out.println("LocalDate: " + localDateNow);
        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(dateFormat);
        String formattedDate = localDateNow.format(formatter);
        System.out.println("Formatted LocalDate: " + formattedDate);

    }
}

Output:

LocalDate: 2023-04-20
Formatted LocalDate: 20/04/2023

You can choose from the date formats based on the how it is represented in a specific country or region.

Country	Date Format	Example
United States	MM/dd/yyyy	09/28/2022
United Kingdom	dd/MM/yyyy	28/09/2022
Canada	yyyy-MM-dd	2022-09-28
Australia	dd/MM/yyyy	28/09/2022
Japan	yyyy年MM月dd日	2022年09月28日
Germany	dd.MM.yyyy	28.09.2022
France	dd/MM/yyyy	28/09/2022
India	dd/MM/yyyy	28/09/2022
China	yyyy年MM月dd日	2022年09月28日
Brazil	dd/MM/yyyy	28/09/2022

Region	Date Format	Example
North America	MM/dd/yyyy	04/22/2023
Europe	dd/MM/yyyy	22/04/2023
China, Japan, Korea	yyyy/MM/dd	2023/04/22
Middle East	dd/MM/yyyy	22/04/2023
India, Bangladesh, Nepal	dd/MM/yyyy	22/04/2023
Southeast Asia	dd/MM/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd	22/04/2023 or 2023-04-22
Australia, New Zealand	dd/MM/yyyy	22/04/2023
Latin America	dd/MM/yyyy or MM/dd/yyyy	22/04/2023 or 04/22/2023

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